About the Authors

Tamara Castillo-Trivino

tamara.castillo@biodonostia.org

Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Institute, San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain

Dejana Braithwaite

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Peter Bacchetti

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emmanuelle Waubant

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCT DB PB EW. Performed the experiments: TCT. Analyzed the data: TCT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB PB EW. Wrote the paper: TCT EW. Performed the literature search and data extraction: TCT. Provided comments on the manuscript: DB PB EW.